Maurice Cheeks
Maurice Cheeks
Maurice Edward "Mo" Cheeksis an American retired professional basketball player and currently an assistant coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association. He was the head coach of the Detroit Pistons from June 10, 2013, to February 9, 2014 and has also served as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and Philadelphia 76ers...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth8 September 1956
CityChicago, IL
build carry chance emotion game hopefully points
The game was such a seesaw game. We were down 16 points and it didn't look like we had a chance of getting back in the game, and then things started transpiring. ... Hopefully we can build off that (today) and let the emotion from that game just carry us throughout.
allen ball chris defended easy great keys offensive passing
Chris and Allen didn't have great offensive games, but they were passing the ball. I thought the way we defended and rebounded the ball was big for us. I thought one of the keys for us was that we got some easy baskets.
camp earn gonna training
He?s gonna fight. That?s what training camp is for, to earn spots.
anxious driving game good interested running
I'm very anxious to see how he plays. I don't have any second-guessing that he will not play the same. He's been very good at the things he's been doing - driving the ball, running the team. I'm very interested to see him out there in a game situation.
good knows maybe moves time
Certainly, he's not as good as A.I. now, but as time moves on, maybe he will. Who knows that?
game needed stretch
Down in the stretch of the game when we needed points, that's what they did. That's what they have to do.
game
That game is embarrassing for me and embarrassing for the players.
looked moved practice ready
He looked healthy. He moved around in practice, so he's ready to go.
felt
At halftime, I felt like we had to will this one. We had to go and get it.
afford coming focused knew realizing situation win wins
Any win is big. Realizing where we are and the situation that we're in, we can't afford any let downs. We knew coming in that we had to have these two wins and I just think that we focused on them.
felt
I've always felt like Philadelphia was the place I would end up, the place I was going to be, ... I've always felt it.
beat best coming establish four games home realize teams
It was important for us coming home for these four games that we establish some home-court (advantage), so when teams come in here they realize they have to play their best game to beat us.
move moved past
I've been over there before. We have to move on. You can't always live in the past of what we did or what we were. The Blazers moved on and I moved on.
allen basketball chris few great picking playing playoff seasons wins
Allen has been playing some great basketball for us and Chris is playing like he did a few seasons ago. We need to keep picking up wins if we're going to be a playoff team.